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All boys aren't blue : a memoir-manifesto
Published 2024 by Square Fish, New York
ISBN 9781250895561
Bib Id 1255301
Copyright 2024
Edition First edition.
Description xxv, 304 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm
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ISBN
9781250895561 (paperback) $13.00
1250895561
Call #
306.7662 J
Title
All boys aren't blue : a memoir-manifesto
Varying Form of Title
All boys are not blue
Memoir-manifesto
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
2024 by Square Fish, New York :
Copyright Date
©2024
Description
xxv, 304 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm
Contents
Author's note -- Introduction. Black. Queer. Here. -- Act 1 : A Different Kid. Chapter 1. Smile ; Chapter 2. Identity ; Chapter 3. "Honeychild" ; Chapter 4. Fags play football, too ; Chapter 5. "Honest Abe" lied to me ; Chapter 6. You can't swim in cowboy boots -- Act 2 : Family. Dear little brother ; Chapter 7. Nanny : the caregiver, the hustler, my best friend ; Chapter 8. Daddy's second chance ; Chapter 9. Losing Hope ; Dear Mommy ; Chapter 10. A lesson before dying -- Act 3 : Teenagers. Chapter 11. Boys will be boys ; Chapter 12. The prom kings we never were ; Chapter 13. Setting myself free or setting myself up? -- Act 4 : Friends. Chapter 14. Caught in a haze ; Chapter 15. Losing my virginity twice ; Chapter 16. Don't know why I didn't call -- Afterword : All boys aren't blue -- Acknowledgments.
Summary
In a series of personal essays, journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson explores his childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia. From the memories of getting his teeth kicked out by bullies at age five, to flea marketing with his loving grandmother, to his first sexual relationships, this young-adult memoir weaves together the trials and triumphs faced by Black queer boys. -- Publisher's description.
Audience
Ages 14+.
Genre/Form
Young adult literature.
Young adult fiction.
Autobiographies
Young adult fiction.
Autobiographies
Audience
Teenagers
High school students
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